When I was a student, the go-to textbook on statistics was Darrell Huff’s How To Lie With Statistics, and in many ways David Spiegelhalter’s book Continue Reading
In Factfulness, Hans Rosling and family try to correct many of the mistaken beliefs that many of us have about the world. I have been Continue Reading
“The problem isn’t the rise of “smart” machines but the dumbing down of humanity” (Astra Taylor) Gerd Gigerenzer has spent his life studying heuristics and Continue Reading
In Privacy is Power, Carissa Veliz paints a disturbing picture of how much information all of us are giving away about ourselves and our lives Continue Reading